Garment-supporter.



H. G. HINB.

GARMENT SUPPORTBR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1909.

. 1,033,053. Patented 'Jm 16,1912.

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HENRY C. HINE, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUZ ZSSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE W. TRAUT, OF NEW BRITAIN,.OONNECTICUT.

GARMENT- SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1912.

Application filed September 2, 1909. Serial No. 515,833.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. HINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in garment supporters and particularly to sus pension devices therefor.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a relatively enlarged front elevation of a detail; Fig. 3 is a section on the line w-w, Fig. 1, relatively enlarged; Fig. 4. is a section on the line y-z Fig. 2; and, Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view.

The purpose of the invention is to improve the construction of a swivel tube bearing for a garment supporting cord, which improvement comprises a guard or protecting envelop for the said swivel bearing tube, said envelop being made of non-corrosive material such, for example, as celluloid, thereby preventing discoloration of the body or the clot-hing of the wearer from oxidation or corrosion.

In the present instance, I have shown my improved swivel tube as applied to a loop such as used for a suspender.

1 represents a loop.

2 represents the cord bearing portion of the tube. The tube 2 has upwardly projecting ears 3-3, which stand on opposite sides of the loop 1, said ears being held thereto with a proper degree of tightness by a rivet 4.

5 is an envelop of non-corrosive material corresponding in general outline to the external outline of the tube 2, said envelop also preferably overstanding the ears 3-3. The tube is provided with integral anchorage for said non-corrosive envelop, the preferred form of said anchorage being provided by striking up or rolling up portions of the tube so as to form an undercut, into which undercut, the material of the noncorrosive covering is forced or projected so as to prevent any possibility of separation when the article is finished.

In the particular form shown herein, the anchorage is provided by rolling up the edge of the metal portion of the tube to provide an integral undercut flange 2 preferably extending entirely around the edge of the tube and its ears, thus forming a pocket into which the material 5 is forced so as to become in effect a solid part of the tube. By this preferred form of construction, all danger of peeling at the edges of the covering 5 is prevented. I have found that a comparatively minute undercut Will serve to very efiectively retain the envelop in place.

WVhat I claim is:

A garment supporter trimming comprising a frame, a curved metallic bearing tube having upturned sides connected to said frame, a rivet for pivot-ally connecting the upper ends of the sides to said frame, an external projection on said tube constituting an anchorage, a celluloid covering for the external part of said tube and curved to correspond to the same, said celluloid covering being engaged by said anchorage.

HENRY G. HINE.

Witnesses:

M. E. GARRETT, CHAS. A. PEARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

